Venus of Brassempouy:

-Paleolithic

-Small for nomadic use.

-Found in Brassempouy France

-Made of Mammoth ivory

Venus of Willendorf:

-Portable

-Made of limestone

-Found in Austria

-Symbol of fertility

-paleolithic

Cave art:

-Paleolithic

-Found mostly in Europe.

-Used for teaching and religious practices.

Spear Thrower (atlatl):

-Used counter weights and leverage to add a second "joint" when throwing spears.

-Made from wood, bamboo, stone, or antler.

Neolithic basket:

-Utilitarian art.

-Woven or Clay

-Middle Easter origin.

Stonehenge:

-Willshire, England.

-Post and Lentil architecture

-The highest point is over 20' tall.

-Made from bluestones

Cuneiform Tablets:

-Literally "Wedge-form"

-Included pictographs and phonographs.

-Used by Babylonians

-Made by Sumerians

-Abandoned after 1000 BCE

Hieroglyphics:

-4000 BCE

-Decimal system

-Used by priests

-pictographs

-Written on tombs and monuments.

Rosetta Stone:

-1799 CE discovery

-Bassalt stone

-written around 200 BCE

-Found in Rosetta

-Written in greek and two kinds of Egyptian writing.

Ziggurat of Ur:

-Birthplace of Abram.

-Shrine to gods

-Made of mudbrick.

-Present day Iraq

Standard of Ur:

-Made of Shell, Lapiz lazuli, and red limestone.

-Hieratic scale shown

-Found in royal cemetery of Ur.

Code of Hammurabi:

-First written law

-created 1750 BC.

-mostly contract laws

-7.5' tall.

-Art is Hammurabi receiving law from the sun god.

Ishtar Gate:

-constructed 575 BCE

-Was considered one of the seven wonders of the world.

-Named after Goddess of war, sex, and love.

-Made of Bricks and tile.

The Great Sphinx:

-Body made from one solid piece.

-Taller than 6 stories.

-Water damaged.

-Body of lion, head of man

Great Pyramids at Giza:

-Great pyramid is the largest.

-Located in Giza, on the west bank.

-Smaller pyramids were for queens.

Stepped Pyramid of King Zoser:

-Imhotep built it.

-Similar to ziggurats of Mesopotamia.

-over 3.5 miles of tunnels.

Pallete of Narmer:

-Earliest hieroglyphics.

-made of stone

-Image of man smiting foes is Narmer.

-Credited with uniting upper and lower egypt.

Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut:

-Made in new kingdom style.

-Destroyed a temple to clear room for her own.

-she dressed as a male figure.

Bust of Nefertiti:

-Crown and shoulders from 4 layers of stucco.

-made of limestone

-Eyes are made of crystal.

Mask of Tutankhamen:

-Funerary Mask

-Made of solid gold

-Pharoah at 9 years old.

Abu Simbel:

-Ramses 2nd.

-Cut from one solid rock.

-includes two temples, great and small.

-was lifted to clear room for a dam.

Palace of Knossos:

-In capital of Crete.

-Area of Labyrinth.

-A palace for a famous Minoan king

Bull-leaping fresco:

-Found on the palace of knossos/

-2' tall.

-predicessor of bull fighting.

-red image is man, white are female

Snake Goddess:

-Minoan Art.

-Found in Crete.

-1' tall.

-ceramic with glass coat.

-No other images of her in Aegean culture

Lion Gate:

-Capestone of gate.

- wall was over 20' thick.

-found by Heinrich Schliemann.

Funerary mask of Agamemnon:

-Gold.

-1' tall.

-Found by Heinrich Schliemann

-3d, not flat.

-was attached with twine by holes near ears.

Bust of Homer:

-Homeric period of Greece.

-Homer recorded both Odyssey and Illiad.

-Probably blind.

-One of history's most influential writers.

The Parthenon:

-Built in 15 years.

-Designed to show the power of Athens.

-Statue of Athena was inside

-Copy in Nashville, TN.

Temple of Athena Nike:

-Acropolis, Athens.

-Nike "victory"

-slender, ionic columbs.

-Place of worship.

The Erectheum:

-First Legendary king.

- Six female columns on either side.

-Built to the left of the Parthenon.

Kritios boy:

-AKA Kritician boy.

-Portrays Human body in motion.

-Contrapposto.

-Paved Naturalistic style.

-Shows interest in the human body

Discus thrower:

-AKA Discobolus.

-Roman copy of greek statue.

-Made of marble.

-Homeric greece.

Theatre at Epidaurus:

-Intended for entertainment.

-could seat 13,000 Spectators.

-Dedicated to the God of healing.

Archaic Vase:

-Black Figures orange or red background.

Classical Period vase:

-Black background with orange figures.

Aphrodite of Knidos:

- First nude woman statue.

Nike of Samothrace:

-AKA winged Victory

-Made of two kinds of marble.

-almost 18' tall.

-kept in Louvre.

-Celebration of naval supremacy.

The dying Gaul:

-Marble

-Was once thought to be a dying gladiator.

-Originally a greek statue made from copper.

-Marble statue is Roman.

Alter of Zeus:

-Constructed on Terres of Acropolis.

-Celebrates victory after invaders from East.

-over 200 figures are on the alter.